Dagenham assembly plant talks between negotiators and management are undermining Ford workers' claim for a E20 a week wage increase and a 35 hour week.
per cent increase on basic rates and attendance supplements, tance of an 'Efficiency Payments Plan', plus a fixed efficiency payment. withdrawn at any plant where the company considered that a group of workers were in breach of the terms of the scheme.
This offer was rejected and union negotiators maintained mendation for an all-out strike from Wednesdav 25 November. However, hardly any report back meetings for 11008 workers, national union officials entered into secret talks with the company.
Anger Chief 1111101 Ron Todd, claimed secret talks were to examine the scope of further possible negotiations and decide whether there is any point in the two sides coming senior union Two weeks ago the company offered a 4.5 conditional on accepThis would together again."
This excuse rings hollow as further talks had been set for Mouday 23 November.
But the damage has heer done. The widespread anger greeted a company bulletin issued on November Payments Plan has been dissipated.
Stories about the secret talks have appeared in the popular claiming that Ford will offer seven to eight percent and the strike threat has been Fficial union statements strike action NUPE negotiating been collected united many HOLOCIO strikers. encouraging undermine PUSL maintenance schools.
absent.
meal supervision.
hardEast distributed on shopfloor to counter this speculation.
Thus, the big dange TOW is that when break down on November snap mass meetings the following day will split on the question of nas beer allowed to drift towards the Xmas holiday.
Union officials will then blame the shopfloor, and not their own poor leadership, for the SOUL COME Sacked series of recent disputes show what will happen as Ford presses ahead with its efficiency drive which aims for total control over line speeds and working practices.
Only last Wednesday the nightshift in the body and assembly returned to work following a week long strike by welders who were demanding the reinstatement LWO workers sacked for alleged clocking offences.
This determined action forced Ford to reduce the dav of strike action in sympathy with NUPE and against the cuts Teachers know that it could be secondary schools teachers have given a day's pay.
The general meeting voted almost unanimously to donate £1,000 fron to members to cross picket lines was overwhelmingly carried, reflecting the anger among teachers about having to cross NUPE picket lines.
Teachers are also angry about losing over 100 posts by compuisory and the supplies of books and stationary for use in They have also cut the number of unions have agreed 1o a highlight the CHIS the sent for more than one day.
sackings to But local union officials signed an ppallin document pany a free hand to sack or suspend workers for clocking These clude 'doubling up of other such work practices line, thorised time off the which create additional on or even going into another area of your own plant to see a mate without a foreman's permission in- Under Ford's Efficienor Payments Plan. disputes and unpaid offs over matters like these tions • as well as basic quesof job mobility demarcation and technology - will be two a penny.
So manoeuvres of union lay- ficials, the choice mass meetings is stil fighting heac Ford's onslaught on and wages, he war on compa terms.
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Teachers vote for AT THE general meeting of Coventry NUT last week, teachers voted to sup- port the call from the TGWU for a
their turn next. Well over 13,000 has in support for the NUPE strikers' hadrship fund and in
the NUT's local fund to the NUPE A further motion to ask the NUT headquarters to review its instruction
redeployment and a freeze on vacant The council has cut back school
supply staff to cover teachers who are as well as free school meals for teaching staff, in return for schoo! The NUT and the other teachers"
cover policy which the NUT is carry. ing out in over a hundred schools.
number of teachers, students will be sent home if a member of staff is ab-
Ranks of cars just off the line at Fords Dagenham day